I'm very blessed that I have a healthy temper. I can become quite angr…

Maya Angelou
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I'm very blessed that I have a healthy temper. I can become quite angry and burning in anger, but I have never been bitter. Bitterness is a corrosive, terrible acid. It just eats you and makes you sick. ✨ Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Elliot (1989). Conversations with Maya Angelou
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I'm very blessed that I have a healthy temper. I can become quite angry and burning in anger, but I have never been bitter. Bitterness is a corrosive, terrible acid. It just eats you and makes you sick. ✨ Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Elliot (1989). Conversations with Maya Angelou

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